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Recent Increase In Masonry In The Colonies, &C.
RECENT INCREASE IN MASONRY IN THE COLONIES , & c .
A PEW weeks since we drew attention to the distribution of English Masonry , not only in the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown , but likewise in countries with which our gracious Sovereign is on terms of amity ,
and in which her lieges take the deepest interest . It is our present purpose to note as circumstantially as possible the increase which pur Freemasonry has made in these Colonies and foreign parts during the last seven yearsthat being the limit of the period over which the greater
part , if not the whole , of our researches have extended . It is true that for our present purpose this septennial period is incomplete actually , but it is virtually complete The results which in due time we shall arrive at will not be appreciably affected by the number of new Lodges that may be
consecrated between now and tbe end of the current year . In our former article , already referred to , we noted that there were close on five hundred Lodges under the jurisdiction of our Grand Lodge located in our Colonies or certain foreign countries . The exact number—for it is as well to
be precise in these matters—is 495 . Let us see how many of these have been constituted within the septennial period under consideration . Our Colonial and Foreign Lodges seem naturally to divide themselves into several groups as it were . Thus
there are what may be called the Mediterranean Lodges , with those meeting in the Turkish Empire . These are thirty-one in number . Then there are the Lodges in India , to the tune of 102 Lodges , and those in other countries in Asia , amounting to twenty-two . The West Indies and
Central America can boast of thirty Lodges , while as regards North and South America , in the former we have thirteen , and in the latter eleven Lodges . The Australian Colonies muster altogether 166 Lodges , of which forty-two belong to New South Wales , twenty to Queensland , eighteen to
Australia , seventy-two to Victoria , five to Western Australia , and seven to Tasmania . New Zealand has exactly sixt y-nine Lodges , forty-one of which are located in South Island , namely in the Canterbury District twenty-one , in Otago eleven , in Westland six , and elsewhere three . The
remaining twenty-eight constitute together the Districts of Auckland and Wellington , the former having thirteen and the latter fifteen Lodges . There is also one Lodge in Fiji , making the grand total , as aforesaid , of 495 . Now of these different groups of Lodges it will be seen that in some of
them the spread of Freemasonry has been very great during these seven years , while in others there has been little , if any , advance made . For instance in what we have described as the Mediterranean group . Turkey included , with the exception of Maltawhich now embraces Tunis in
, North Africa , there has not been a single new Lodge constituted in the year 1872 . It is very natural that Gibraltar should remain content with its three Lodges . A rock is not capable of expansion ; moreover , it is better policy to
streng then the three well-known Lodges of which the ^• strict Grand Lodge is composed , than to add to their number . Malta , which , as we have said , now includes the Regency of Tunis , has seven Lodges , of which four
Recent Increase In Masonry In The Colonies, &C.
have been warranted during the seven yeai * s , namely , ono in 1877 , one in 1879 , two in 1881 . Turkey , with its eleven Lodges , remains as it was in the year 1870 , the date of constitution of tho youngest of its Lodges . As Greece has a
Grand Lodge of its own , we may not look for any increase there . In fact , the two Lodges are in the Ionian Islands , which , were under our protection , but now form part of tho Kingdom of Greece . Any change here , therefore , will be in the direction of decrease rather than increase . As to Egypt , it has eight Lodges as it had in 1872 .
Turning next to the East Indies we find that in the District Grand Lodge of Bengal , with its thirty-six Lodges , there have been constituted only seven Lodges in the seven years , namely , one in 1877 , one in 1878 , one in 1879 , two in 1880 , and two in 1881 . Of the nineteen Bombay Lodges , four are of recent creation , and of these four no less than
three are located in the City of Bombay itself . The oldest was warranted in 1876 , the next in seniority in 1877 , the third and fourtb in 1878 British Burmah has only had one additional Lodge consecrated during theperiod in question , and that is the Palm Lodge , No . 1761 , of Bassein ,
which belongs to the year 1878 . The District Grand Lodge of Madras , with its nineteen Lodges , has increased during these seven years by five Lodges , one of 1878 creation , two of 1879 , one of 1880 , and one of the present year . Of the nineteen Punjab Lodges , there are only two of late creation , namely , one made in the year 1877 ,
and one last year . Thus of the 102 Lodges located in the various Districts in India , there are only nineteen which have been warranted since 1875 , seven in Bengal , four in Bombay , one in British Burmah , five in Madras , and two
in the Punjab . As to the other group of Anglo-Asiatic Lodges , one has been added to the roll of the District Grand Lodge of the Eastern Archipelago , and there have been two additional Lodges in the Island of Mauritius , one founded in 1875 , and one in 1877 . There have been
further three new Lodges in China , one constituted at Amoy in 1878 , a second at Amoy in 1879 , and one at Foochow during the current year . Thus , as regards this group of twenty-two Lodges , six have been consecrated since the beginning of 1875 .
South Africa , as we have said , has altogether fifty Lodges , though a few of these should more properly be described as West African Lodges . However , South Africa , Western Division , has six Lodges , four of them belonging to the period 1875-81 , namely , one constituted at Wellington in
1875 , one at Worcester in 1875 , one in Cape Town in 1878 , and one in Simon ' s Town in 1880 . Of the twentyone Lodges in the Eastern Division , six have been constituted under the present regime , namely , two in 1875 , one in 1876 , one in 1879 , one in 1880 , and one during the
present year . Of the five Lodges in Griqualand , there are three additional since 1875 , namely , one in the course of that year , one in 1880 , and one in 1881 ; while of the eighteen scattered Lodges , eight come within the septennial period , three baving been warranted in 1877 , two in 1878 , one in 1879 , one in 1880 , and one this year . Thus of the fifty South African Lodges , as many as twenty-one have been
warranted in 1875-81 . In the group comprising the West Indies and Central America , there are thirty Lodges , of which six have been
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Recent Increase In Masonry In The Colonies, &C.
RECENT INCREASE IN MASONRY IN THE COLONIES , & c .
A PEW weeks since we drew attention to the distribution of English Masonry , not only in the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown , but likewise in countries with which our gracious Sovereign is on terms of amity ,
and in which her lieges take the deepest interest . It is our present purpose to note as circumstantially as possible the increase which pur Freemasonry has made in these Colonies and foreign parts during the last seven yearsthat being the limit of the period over which the greater
part , if not the whole , of our researches have extended . It is true that for our present purpose this septennial period is incomplete actually , but it is virtually complete The results which in due time we shall arrive at will not be appreciably affected by the number of new Lodges that may be
consecrated between now and tbe end of the current year . In our former article , already referred to , we noted that there were close on five hundred Lodges under the jurisdiction of our Grand Lodge located in our Colonies or certain foreign countries . The exact number—for it is as well to
be precise in these matters—is 495 . Let us see how many of these have been constituted within the septennial period under consideration . Our Colonial and Foreign Lodges seem naturally to divide themselves into several groups as it were . Thus
there are what may be called the Mediterranean Lodges , with those meeting in the Turkish Empire . These are thirty-one in number . Then there are the Lodges in India , to the tune of 102 Lodges , and those in other countries in Asia , amounting to twenty-two . The West Indies and
Central America can boast of thirty Lodges , while as regards North and South America , in the former we have thirteen , and in the latter eleven Lodges . The Australian Colonies muster altogether 166 Lodges , of which forty-two belong to New South Wales , twenty to Queensland , eighteen to
Australia , seventy-two to Victoria , five to Western Australia , and seven to Tasmania . New Zealand has exactly sixt y-nine Lodges , forty-one of which are located in South Island , namely in the Canterbury District twenty-one , in Otago eleven , in Westland six , and elsewhere three . The
remaining twenty-eight constitute together the Districts of Auckland and Wellington , the former having thirteen and the latter fifteen Lodges . There is also one Lodge in Fiji , making the grand total , as aforesaid , of 495 . Now of these different groups of Lodges it will be seen that in some of
them the spread of Freemasonry has been very great during these seven years , while in others there has been little , if any , advance made . For instance in what we have described as the Mediterranean group . Turkey included , with the exception of Maltawhich now embraces Tunis in
, North Africa , there has not been a single new Lodge constituted in the year 1872 . It is very natural that Gibraltar should remain content with its three Lodges . A rock is not capable of expansion ; moreover , it is better policy to
streng then the three well-known Lodges of which the ^• strict Grand Lodge is composed , than to add to their number . Malta , which , as we have said , now includes the Regency of Tunis , has seven Lodges , of which four
Recent Increase In Masonry In The Colonies, &C.
have been warranted during the seven yeai * s , namely , ono in 1877 , one in 1879 , two in 1881 . Turkey , with its eleven Lodges , remains as it was in the year 1870 , the date of constitution of tho youngest of its Lodges . As Greece has a
Grand Lodge of its own , we may not look for any increase there . In fact , the two Lodges are in the Ionian Islands , which , were under our protection , but now form part of tho Kingdom of Greece . Any change here , therefore , will be in the direction of decrease rather than increase . As to Egypt , it has eight Lodges as it had in 1872 .
Turning next to the East Indies we find that in the District Grand Lodge of Bengal , with its thirty-six Lodges , there have been constituted only seven Lodges in the seven years , namely , one in 1877 , one in 1878 , one in 1879 , two in 1880 , and two in 1881 . Of the nineteen Bombay Lodges , four are of recent creation , and of these four no less than
three are located in the City of Bombay itself . The oldest was warranted in 1876 , the next in seniority in 1877 , the third and fourtb in 1878 British Burmah has only had one additional Lodge consecrated during theperiod in question , and that is the Palm Lodge , No . 1761 , of Bassein ,
which belongs to the year 1878 . The District Grand Lodge of Madras , with its nineteen Lodges , has increased during these seven years by five Lodges , one of 1878 creation , two of 1879 , one of 1880 , and one of the present year . Of the nineteen Punjab Lodges , there are only two of late creation , namely , one made in the year 1877 ,
and one last year . Thus of the 102 Lodges located in the various Districts in India , there are only nineteen which have been warranted since 1875 , seven in Bengal , four in Bombay , one in British Burmah , five in Madras , and two
in the Punjab . As to the other group of Anglo-Asiatic Lodges , one has been added to the roll of the District Grand Lodge of the Eastern Archipelago , and there have been two additional Lodges in the Island of Mauritius , one founded in 1875 , and one in 1877 . There have been
further three new Lodges in China , one constituted at Amoy in 1878 , a second at Amoy in 1879 , and one at Foochow during the current year . Thus , as regards this group of twenty-two Lodges , six have been consecrated since the beginning of 1875 .
South Africa , as we have said , has altogether fifty Lodges , though a few of these should more properly be described as West African Lodges . However , South Africa , Western Division , has six Lodges , four of them belonging to the period 1875-81 , namely , one constituted at Wellington in
1875 , one at Worcester in 1875 , one in Cape Town in 1878 , and one in Simon ' s Town in 1880 . Of the twentyone Lodges in the Eastern Division , six have been constituted under the present regime , namely , two in 1875 , one in 1876 , one in 1879 , one in 1880 , and one during the
present year . Of the five Lodges in Griqualand , there are three additional since 1875 , namely , one in the course of that year , one in 1880 , and one in 1881 ; while of the eighteen scattered Lodges , eight come within the septennial period , three baving been warranted in 1877 , two in 1878 , one in 1879 , one in 1880 , and one this year . Thus of the fifty South African Lodges , as many as twenty-one have been
warranted in 1875-81 . In the group comprising the West Indies and Central America , there are thirty Lodges , of which six have been
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